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Jefferson-Wooden beats Alfred in Silesia, Seville takes men’s sprint
SILESIA, Poland, Aug 23 : World champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden handed Olympic gold medallist Julien Alfred her first loss of the season to win the women’s 100 metres at the Silesia Diamond League on Sunday, with Oblique Seville storming to victory in the men’s sprint.In a stacked race featuring the top thr
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France’s Manaudou, Olympic 50m freestyle champion, retires at 35
PARIS, Aug 13 : French swimmer Florent Manaudou, the 2012 Olympic champion in 50m freestyle, announced he would bid farewell to the sport on Saturday at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris.”Two years later, I’m announcing the end,” the 35-year-old told France TV on Thursday, referring to the fact he
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Flag football-Nigeria to miss Olympic qualifying world championships over visa issue
NEW YORK, Aug 10 : Nigeria’s men’s and women’s flag football teams will miss the world championships that start this week in Germany, the International Federation of American Football said on Monday, after the delegation was unable to secure the necessary visas.The tournament, the first Olympic qualifying eve
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Curling-Olympic champion Muirhead returns from retirement with eye on 2030 Games
MANCHESTER, England Aug 6 : Olympic curling gold medallist Eve Muirhead is coming out of retirement, saying her role as Team GB’s Chef de Mission at this year’s Milano-Cortina Games reignited her desire to compete.The Scot announced her comeback in a social media post on Thursday, saying she would team up wit
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Games-Commonwealth Games eyes India boost after mending and making do in Glasgow
GLASGOW, Aug 3 : The curtain came down on the 23rd Commonwealth Games in a glittering closing ceremony in Glasgow on Sunday night as the movement turned its eyes to India in search of a much-needed shot in the arm in 2030. The quadrennial event for mainly former British colonies has struggled for relevance i
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Ukraine begins CAS appeal against IOC move to reinstate Russian Olympic Committee
July 29 : The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine has begun the process of appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to provisionally reinstate the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the Ukrainian ruling body said on Wednesday.The
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Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen to return from injury at European Championships
July 27 : Two-time Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen is set to compete for the first time this year at next month’s European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, the Norwegian runner announced on Monday.The 25-year-old middle and long-distance runner has been sidelined with an Achilles issue since competi
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How cricket could become the IOC’s gateway to India
July 27 : When cricket returns to the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028, it will bring far more than bats, balls and wickets. Its inclusion reflects a strategic calculation by Olympic leaders that the surest route to billions of new viewers runs through India, cricket’s commercial heartland and a country they believ
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Jaismine Lamboria: The Indian Army’s first woman boxer is now chasing Commonwealth gold
World champion Jaismine Lamboria targets Commonwealth gold in Glasgow Games.
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Rowing-Norwegian Olympic champion Tufte dead at 50
July 21 : Olympic rowing champion Olaf Tufte has died at the age of 50, the Norwegian’s family said on Tuesday.Tufte captured two gold medals, a silver and a bronze during his Olympic career that spanned seven Games from Atlanta in 1996 to Tokyo in 2021.He won the gold in single sculls in Athens in…
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